Third Rough Cut and Feedback- New Footage

We decided to do a third rough cut before our final cut so that we could show our progress within the editing stage of the trailer. This also gave us more of a chance to look at the titles and the order of our footage within the trailer.

We have collected some feedback on our third rough cut so that any improvements can be made before completing our final cut. We have asked a variety of people and they have given us both positive and negative feedback.

Positive Feedback.

- The footage that you have really shows the characters personalities.
- You have a lot of footage so that audience have a lot to see.
- The trailer is a good length for a soap opera trailer.

Negative Feedback.
- There isn't any music on the trailer.
-You need to add footage where it says 'Lauren's footage'.
- Seems a bit muddled up, get confused what's happening without footage as well.
- Titles needed near the end of the trailer and font is boring at the end.

From this feedback we have found out that all of the footage that we have is really goo we just need to make sure that all of the content is in the right place and that certain parts are filled with extra footage. The people that we have asked to give us this feedback have said that it seems that we have a good plan for our trailer, we just need to add small parts to it which will make the trailer better overall.

Second Rough Cut and Feedback - New Footage

We have collected feedback in order to see what people think is good and what we could do during editing to make our piece look better when we finish our third rough cut.

Positives
- The music that you have used goes really well with what is going on in the piece.

Improvements
- In ceratin there are darker areas.

From this feedback we have found that most people think the footage that we have is quite dark at times this means that in our next rough cut we shall try and lighten our footage during editing to see if it then looks better. When we were filming we found it really hard to get high key lighting as pubs are known to be a dark location in order to create a homely and friendly atmosphere.

First Rough Cut and Feedback- New Footage

Feedback for our first rough cut
We showed our first rough cut of our new footage to a group of media students and we recieved positive feedback and improvements which we would need to consider when re-editing our piece.

This piece of feedback was given with regards to our first rough cut using the old footage.
Positive Feedback:

• Better continuity
• Meaning much more apparent
• Camera used more effectively

Improvements:

• Transition in the middle of the piece to be added in editing

The remaining feeback we recieved was given towards our first rough cut using the new footage (as seen above).

Positive Feedback:

• Ending works well
• Good variety of shots (such as the pool shot)
• Props are realistic and work with the setting
• Lively music matches the young characters and setting
• Lighting was considered well
• Clever idea for a soap opera trailer
• Good location and storyline
• Zoom was effective

Improvements:

• Beginning shot too long
• Did not show a lot about the characters
• No voiceovers or soap name - no soap trailer conventions
• Establishing exterior shot to show location
• Add more transistions
• Some of the scenes where extras talk could be shortened
• Storyline can be unclear
• Framing - some heads are cut out of the close up shots

From this feedback we recieved, we can see what we need to add and improve on for our second rough cut with the new footage.
The feedback given shows a positive improvement from our first piece of footage to the second but improvements are still needed.
When editing our second rough cut, we will be adding titles at the end of the piece to inform audiences of the time and channel in which our soap is on. We could also look at using an establishing shot at the beginning to show location which will enable us to follow generic trailer conventions.
Our initial idea was to look at introducing the characters one by one with their names and a bit about their personality so the audience can relate to them and have an idea of who they are so we can include this in our second rough cut when the characters line up towards the end.

Information on the soundtrack

As we did not want any lyrics to be heard in our trailer we decided to use a software called 'Cubase 4' this is a music editing software which enables us to use a sample and change this in whichever we wanted. Therefore, we decided to have a gradual build-up in our trailer by noting down the times that we would change them at and chopping the music so we could loop them to be repeated. We would then use different types of cross-fades and compressors in our samples to make it sound continuous. This is what our software looked like: 

Our Film Diary - Second Time Filming

Media Diary File 2


Lauren Dinnes

The Baby Bump!

As we have the character of the pregnant teenage girl we had to look at what we could use for her baby bump. We found a variety of different shaped an sized pillows and cushions that could possibly be used for the bump. These are pictures of the three cushions that we found.

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We got the actor that we were going to use and while she was wearing the costume we tried out the different cushions under her top. The top that we wanted her to wear was very tight so that it is easy to see the bump and therefore the cushion had to look very realistic.

These are pictures of our actor with the first cushion under her top.

These are pictures of her with the second cushion under her top.

And these are the pictures that were taken with the third cushion.

We thought that the first cushion look the most realistic so that is the one that we decided to use within our filming.

Lauren Dinnes

Filming Schedule For Re-schedule

Filming Schedule

Re-filmed Shotlist for Trailer

Shot List Trailer

We needed to make a shot list for our whole trailer as when looking over our film in editing it'll be a lot easier to put the shots together and piece up our film. As well as this, we will know how long shots will go on for and how they will look in it's chronological order. Additionally, we will take this along to filming as well as the filming schedule to go over and make sure we haven't missed anything out and resolve the issues that will hopefully not occur.

Re-considered Storyboard

After watching our Rough Cut through we came to the decision that we wanted to re-film our piece. Therefore we have decided to do a re-considered storyboard which will be based on our original idea of our rough cut however, changed slightly to give our new soap opera a better approach.

There will be a black screen to start off with.

(Long shot) In the pub, there will be people sitting at tables acting causal talking, having a drink to set the atmosphere in the setting of the pub at this point in time.

(Close-up) From the outside there will be people walking in to the pub, camera only showing their feet.

(Long shot) 

(Close-up)

(Long shot)

(Mid-shot)

(Long Shot Pan)

(Long shot)

(Zoom)

(Close-up)

We would to re film our trailer so that it looks completely different to the original footage that we had. We will film it so that when we go to edit the footage that we have will be put together to create a large amount of suspense therefore making our target audience want to watch it. We will have a number of different people sat in the pub which will be shown as locals, it will flick from these people to the shot of actors walking into the pub but you can only see their feet. It will flick back and forth from these two shots which will get quicker each time, by doing this it will cause a large amount of suspense. We will then show shots of the 'locals' stop what they are doing and suddenly looking in a different direction with a shocked look on their faces. This is when we will then show a long shot of our seven characters acting to show their story lines and personalities, we will then use a close up to pan across their faces to show their facial expressions and adding titles at the same time.

We have also decided to add in short clips of other people sat at tables, drinks being poured and someone behind the bar. This will then add more footage to our trailer as well as creating more suspense for our target audience.

This shot would be a mid-shot with a person pouring themselves a drink

We would shoot this footage as a long shot or a mid shot depending on what frame looked better of two people sitting at a table

This shot would be a close-up of someone pouring (what seems to the audience to be an alcoholic beverage) into a wine glass

First Rough Cut and Feedback- Old Footage

Feedback from 'First Rough Cut - Old Footage'

We have asked a few people to watch over our first rough cut and collected feedback to see how the audience would react to our soap opera trailer, we took in all our feedback, positive or negative, and would gather together as a group and decide our next step in the editing process.

Positives
- 'It's really good that when the titles are shown, I like the fact the footage is in slow motion'

Negatives
- 'It is all really dark when the footage is outside and inside'


After using FinalCut to edit our filming, as a group we went through the trailer and discussed what we'd have to do to our Rough Cut. As a group, we came to the conclusion that we all wanted to re-film our piece. We noticed that our trailer as a whole wasn't long enough and didn't give enough away, obviously we don't want to give too much away but we'd like a better approach to our soap opera. We also thought that the shadows from outside were too obvious and we'd need to re-film at a different time in the day so that it'd be lighter outside, as we are filming in the Winter Season we needed to consider this. Additionally, we thought that the actors will need to be re-considered as they did not follow our directions/instructions as followed. When our actors were walking through the door into the pub at mid-shot some of them did not stop and look at the camera for long enough even after multiple shots, this made it difficult for us. As a whole we feel as though we could do a lot better with our Soap Opera trailer, therefore we are re-filming in January 2012.